What the papers say – February 26
An entreaty for vaccinations from the monarch and problems for the NHS lead the papers.
An entreaty for vaccinations from the monarch and problems for the NHS lead the papers.
The Government’s plan to avoid a repeat of last year’s exams fiasco in England is splashed across many of the front pages.
Rising hopes for an early end to lockdown and golf star Tiger Woods’s car crash dominate the Wednesday papers.
The Prime Minister’s four-step plan to fully ease lockdown is keenly anticipated in the papers, though there is some criticism over its duration.
The front pages splash with the planned return of schools, socialising and some sports next month as part of the easing of coronavirus restrictions.
The stripping of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s royal patronages dominates the Saturday papers, along with news of lockdown exit hopes.
Pictures of the surface of Mars taken by Nasa’s Perseverance rover feature on many of Friday’s front pages, along with stories on the vaccine rollout and hopes for summer holidays.
Photos of the Duke of Edinburgh feature on a number of Thursday’s front pages after the 99-year-old was admitted to hospital, while the latest on coronavirus testing and infections are also covered.
Millions more Britons being told to shield and potential routes out of the national lockdown are among the stories on Wednesday’s front pages.
Hopes and signs that Britain is emerging from the pandemic as well as drama surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex feature in the Tuesday papers.
A vaccine milestone for the UK and the Sussexes’ pregnancy announcement are among the stories leading the nation’s papers.
Plans to ease coronavirus restrictions lead several of the nation’s papers along with the latest on the vaccine rollout.
Vaccines and the chance of an escape from lockdown are splashed across the front pages on Friday.
Latest news on the vaccine push features prominently amidst an array of topics on the nation’s front pages.
The prospect of prison time for people who lie about their travel history when returning to the UK leads many of Wednesday’s papers, along with the fees for those facing mandatory hotel quarantine.
Fears over Britain’s measures to stop Covid carriers entering the country and various vaccination angles feature on the nation’s front pages.
The likely need for a third Covid jab and other vaccination stories dominate the Monday papers.
The national papers are concerned with the health and financial realities of the pandemic as well the desire for Britons to just get away from it all.
Hotel quarantine and the continuing rollout of Covid vaccines are among the stories on the front pages on Friday.
Britain passing a coronavirus peak, the vaccination latest and continuing tributes to Captain Sir Tom Moore feature on Thursday’s front pages.
The death of Captain Sir Tom Moore at the age of 100 features on many of Wednesday’s front pages along with a study suggesting the Oxford vaccine may reduce transmission of Covid-19.
Concerns over the South African variant of Covid-19 and the proposed return to the classroom are among the stories making the front pages on Tuesday.
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s treatment for coronavirus in hospital is splashed across many of the papers, alongside stories of the UK’s continuing vaccine rollout.
The nation’s papers are led by the EU backtracking on its move to temporarily override part of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol in a row over vaccines.
Diplomatic tensions and the development of a fourth Covid-19 vaccine for use in Britain are splashed throughout the national papers.
Vaccine politics and alternative testing methods are spread across Thursday’s front pages.
Most of the papers carry the Prime Minister’s announcement he was “deeply sorry” as Government figures showed more than 100,000 people in the UK had died after contracting coronavirus.
Vaccination differences and arrested holiday plans fill Tuesday’s front pages.
Schooling and vaccination dominate the front pages at the start of the week.
Warnings over the mutant strain of coronavirus are splashed across the front pages after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was associated with “a higher degree of mortality”.